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The Secret Microscope That Sparked a Scientific Revolution

By: Cody Cassidy   |   Wired   |   October 2022
How a Dutch fabric seller made the most powerful magnifying lens of his time—and of the next 150 years—and became the first person ever to see a microorganism.